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Writing History with Working People as Central Actors

The project was imbued with E. P Thompson’s vision of class as a historical relationship, and of course there was his iconic statement.

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The Global Working Class Fights Back

2018 has seen many working-class people around the world standing up for their rights and pushing back against injustice and inequality. Some of.

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40 Years of Working-Class History: The Series and the Field

Thanks to the organizers and to the Newberry. I always listen carefully to and learn from Nelson, but I think he and I.

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The University of Illinois Working Class in American History Series at 40

In the next two weeks, we’ll be publishing a series of commentaries about the important contributions and critical reviews of the remarkable Working.

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Class Prejudice and the Democrats’ Blue Wave?

Two days after the mid-term elections, The Washington Post published an analysis under the headline “These wealthy neighborhoods delivered Democrats the House majority.” Jack Metzgar

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Beyond the Caravan: Why We Must Protect Workers Covered by TPS

In recent weeks, President Trump has been warning of an “invasion” of a caravan of 3,000 Central Americans, mostly from Honduras, heading north.

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Labor and the Digital Landscape: An Update

When “Connecting the Dots: Labor and the Digital Landscape” went to press at LABOR (15:3), the wave of union organizing and activism in the media.

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What Does the New Doctor Who Offer Working-Class Whovians?

The new season of British Sci-Fi show, Doctor Who has created a buzz due to the casting of a woman to play the Doctor for the first.

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Working-Class Politics and The Foremen Problem

In a recent unpublished paper, Larry Bartels (author of Unequal Democracy) and Kathrine Cramer (author of The Politics of Resentment), reported a finding sure to surprise many who.

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Is the Fever Breaking? Ground Zero Youngstown

Two years ago, I described the Youngstown area as “crossover ground zero” for Donald Trump and the politics of resentment in working-class and.

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